Reply to Comment on “The Jurassic–Cretaceous basaltic magmatism of the Oued El-Abid syncline (High Atlas, Morocco): Physical volcanology, geochemistry and geodynamic implications” by André Michard et al. (2013) [J. Afr. Earth Sci. 88 p.101–105],

M.K. Bensalah (1, 2) , N. Youbi (1, 2) , J. Mata (2) , J. Madeira (2) , L. Martins (2) , E. Font (2) , F. Medina (3) , A. Marzoli (4) , H. El Hachimi (1) , H. Bertrand (5) , G. Bellieni (4) , M. Doblas (6) , A. Mahmoudi (7) , El H. Beraaouz (8) , R. Miranda (2) , C. Vérati (9) , A. de Min (10) , M. Ben Abbou (11) , R. Zayane (1)

1 Faculté des Sciences Semlalia [Marrakech]
2 Centro de Geologia [Lisboa]
3 Agdal
4 Dipartimento di Geoscienze [Padova]
5 LGL-TPE - Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement
6 instituto de geociencias
7 Faculty of Sciences de Meknes
8 LAGAGE - Laboratoire de Géologie Appliquée et Géo-Environnement
9 GEOAZUR 7329 - Géoazur
10 Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze [Trieste]
11 geology dept

We welcome the comment by Michard et al. (2013) as it gives us the opportunity to better discuss the Jurassic–Cretaceous magmatism of the High Atlas (Morocco). In their comment, Michard et al. (2013) focus on three main points which are: (i) the age of the basalts from Naour, (ii) the structural history of the Central High Atlas and (iii) the geodynamic significance of the related Jurassic–Cretaceous magmatism. We will address these questions in the following sections.

Domaines: Sciences de la Terre

M.K. Bensalah, N. Youbi, J. Mata, J. Madeira, L. Martins, et al.. Reply to Comment on “The Jurassic–Cretaceous basaltic magmatism of the Oued El-Abid syncline (High Atlas, Morocco): Physical volcanology, geochemistry and geodynamic implications” by André Michard et al. (2013) [J. Afr. Earth Sci. 88 p.101–105], . Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2016, 118, pp.320-323. ⟨10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.03.008⟩. ⟨hal-01363998⟩